The Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) and the Media Centre held a press conference followed by a panel discussion on July 2 to launch the revised and updated edition of Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War (2003) by Thomas de Waal.

The press conference and discussion took place at 1 pm on July 2, at the Media Centre.

Thomas De Waal, a senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Carnegie Endowment, an acknowledged expert on conflict in the South Caucasus alongside with Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the Caucasus Institute in Yerevan were the keynote speakers.